Toy theatre
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Among the precious yellowed toy-theatre sheets given to me by Bill Meilen in the 1960s, there were a couple of glorious ones from The Giant Horse or The Siege of Troy, published by Orlando Hodgson …
Known in Victorian times as Juvenile Drama, toy theatres were originally made as souvenirs of live theatre, creating an ideal home entertainment. The Pollock’s Toy Theatre has inspired generations and long been a part of Britain’s theatrical heritage. Today we commission contemporary artists to add to the traditional collection.
Ralph Richardson added by photographic trickery to a Pollock’s toy theatre stage It’s largely forgotten these days that the actor Ralph Richardson was significant in the preservation of…
Two centuries before the advent of iPhones and Xboxes, children amused themselves by building miniature paper theaters redolent of grand playhouses and putting on dramas by manipulating colorful figures inside.
Nancy Wiley
Toy Theatre model set with a scene from The Silver Palace, or The Golden Poppy,the one-act 'masque or water pageant' at the end of The Cedar Chest; or The Lord Mayor's Daughter,by George Almar, Sadler's Wells Theatre July 1834, published by Benjamin Pollock from John Redington's plates, originally produced by J.K.Green.
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